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Larry Alan Burns
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Larry Alan Burns

District judge · Superior Court of Southern District of California County · 2000–2026

Judge, District Court, S.D. California 2003–

D+
99% — 337.5 of 342 orders sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 66% of 51 graded judges

On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b's verdicts on a court's own orders matched a later appeal 76% of the time (104 of 136), graded on a curve: A is the top fifth of the judges graded under this model, F the bottom fifth; ++ / + / − / −− within the band. How the grade is made.

320cases reviewed on appeal
383opinions authored
400panels sat on (not as author)
23%reversed, in whole or part, of 283 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 217 vacated 33 reversed in part 21 reversed 12 remanded 8 dismissed 6

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 23

Each Ninth Circuit opinion that names a docket this judge wrote an order on, by its outcome; the ruling it reviewed is not always the order in the record. The order's page links the opinion.

Areas

criminal 238 civil 81 probate 1

By year: 2018 39 · 2020 36 · 2019 36 · 2021 28 · 2023 26 · 2017 24 · 2010 23 · 2016 19 · 2024 16 · 2022 16 · 2011 14 · 2025 8 · 2015 7 · 2007 7 · 2009 6 · 2006 5 · 2012 3 · 2014 2 · 2013 2 · 2008 2 · 2026 1 ·

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases authored (every role)

  1. Hartsell v. San Diego, County of 3:16-cv-01094 · 2020-09-26 · civil
  2. Jackson v. Napolitano 3:19-cv-01427 · 2020-09-23 · civil
  3. Ovation Finance Holdings 2 LLC v. Chicago Title Insurance Company 3:19-cv-02031 · 2020-09-23 · civil
  4. Holestine v. Covello 3:20-cv-00159 · 2020-09-23 · civil
  5. Blacher v. Diaz 3:20-cv-01270 · 2020-09-23 · civil
  6. Moriarty v. County of San Diego 3:17-cv-01154 · 2020-09-23 · civil
  7. Westcott Enterprises, Inc. v. Federal Mutual Insurance Company 3:20-cv-00007 · 2020-09-02 · civil
  8. Ewing v. Agam 3:19-cv-02291 · 2020-08-31 · civil
  9. Jackson v. General Mills, Inc. 3:18-cv-02634 · 2020-08-28 · civil
  10. Dousa v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security 3:19-cv-01255 · 2020-08-18 · civil
  11. Carreno v. 360 Painting, LLC. 3:19-cv-02239 · 2020-08-12 · civil
  12. Teczon-Marin v. Dembin 3:20-cv-01493 · 2020-08-10 · civil · other
  13. Snyder v. Allison 3:19-cv-01741 · 2020-08-03 · civil
  14. Hartsell v. San Diego, County of 3:16-cv-01094 · 2020-07-28 · civil
  15. Save the Park and Build the School v. National Park Service 3:20-cv-01080 · 2020-07-24 · civil
  16. Save the Park and Build the School v. National Park Service 3:20-cv-01080 · 2020-07-24 · civil
  17. Bonilla v. The Alameda County District Attorney's Office Civil Conspiracy 3:20-cv-01297 · 2020-07-21 · civil
  18. Carreno v. 360 Painting, LLC. 3:19-cv-02239 · 2020-07-21 · civil
  19. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Champion-Cain 3:19-cv-01628 · 2020-07-17 · civil
  20. EpicentRx, Inc. v. Carter 3:20-cv-01058 · 2020-07-17 · civil
  21. EpicentRx, Inc. v. Carter 3:20-cv-01058 · 2020-07-16 · civil
  22. Klaehn v. Cali Bamboo LLC. 3:19-cv-01498 · 2020-07-13 · civil
  23. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Champion-Cain 3:19-cv-01628 · 2020-07-10 · civil
  24. Crooks v. Ignoramis 3:20-cv-00407 · 2020-07-09 · civil
  25. Valdez v. Diaz 3:18-cv-00734 · 2020-07-08 · civil